District 4 Schools: Arbor Station Elementary, Bright Star Elementary, Mirror Lake Elementary, North Douglas Elementary, Winston Elementary. Please note that the schools listed for this school board member are physically located in the school board district. Your school board district is determined by your home address. Please refer to the School Board Member District Map located under Quick Links on the home page of this website to determine your school board member district or you may call the Superintendent's Office at 770-651-2030 for more information.

Ms. Simmons is an educator with 11 plus years of experience in education in the private and public sector. She is a 2017 Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Fellow. Ms. Simmons is also an Elementary Special Education teacher.

She has served in China through ESEC working with teachers from various provinces in China to help improve their oral English and right brain teaching skills. Very active in the community, Ms. Simmons continues to volunteer with Hosea Feed the Homeless. She is a member of the Georgia School Board Association, PTA, Georgia Association of Educators and the National Council of School Board Members.

Michelle is a native of Chicago, Illinois earning her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Information Systems from Illinois State University (ISU), a MBA and a MPA from Keller Graduate School of Management. She received certification to teach Early Childhood Special Education from Mercer University and is endorsed to teach Mild Moderate Intellectual Disabilities. Michelle has a heart for sign-language. Michelle served as Vice Chair of the Board of Education in 2015 and was re-elected Vice Chair in 2017. Michelle is in her first term.